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  1. Mike Burke

    Weddings Had to cancel

    My contract was not as exactly specific as Cap's is but it's close. I'll show you my policies when I get home from my day job and have access to it and can copy and paste it. I'm using a computer at my day job here right now and don't have access to personal stuff like that on this machine.
  2. Mike Burke

    Weddings Had to cancel

    I had nothing. I gave them a contract. They did not even sign it, said they would get back to me and didn't. Said they would send the deposit, and didn't. Said that they would postal mail it and did not. Everything was provided to them to make it as easy as possible. I even take credit cards...
  3. Mike Burke

    Weddings Had to cancel

    The reminders were sent through my website planning tools. Which DOES work . What was observed was that as late as last week this couple still hadn't even found a wedding officiant. I know this because of the facebook postings they were making. They really were not interested in "planning"...
  4. Mike Burke

    Weddings Had to cancel

    The guy was also a service member. That was most of it because we tend to try to look for our own, but he wasn't looking for a whole lot of services, he was on a limited budget (aren't they all? = not really had a budget, just no money. I had no money either and wanted a little something) If...
  5. Mike Burke

    Weddings Had to cancel

    I just had to cancel the only wedding I would have had this year. I met with the B&G gave my contract, talked about music, talked about the venue , the timeline of events, We talked about weather contingencies because it was outdoors. We were several months out. The client did not put the...
  6. Mike Burke

    Thought I'd come back and say Hey!

    The thing is the people who are my friends are the ones who I move mountains for. I bend over backwards for them. As far as the COC goes, I will likely end up blogging against that mentality because it's not business forward at all and I feel that people need to see this. Once things start...
  7. Mike Burke

    Thought I'd come back and say Hey!

    Driving is an issue, I do have some of that going on. It was before that I had a crappy under performing car that was a yuck bucket. It finally blew up and I got something decent now and can even carry all my stuff in it. I know that there are lots of yacht clubs I dj'd for one at least...
  8. Mike Burke

    Thought I'd come back and say Hey!

    Thought I'd come back and say Hey! It's been an interesting summer and now that Fall is upon us, I've got nothing set up for next year. I made some friends this year and gained a little notoriety, but I'm a afraid that I slit my throat with the Chamber of Commerce. The COC runs just about...
  9. Mike Burke

    Dreaming about dreams

    Dreaming about dreams
  10. Mike Burke

    Weddings Catastrophic failure, and how to recover?

    I would have just kept rolling on with what you were doing because it seems like all you could have done. You know how the people in our town are. I had one dance I tag teamed with another DJ and we had that problem. They would not dance to any of the "Big Gun" songs, we tried a little bit of...
  11. Mike Burke

    I don't need to be shown the door, I know where it is.

    Over the last 17 years I have tried to make being a DJ work, spent thousands upon thousands of dollars on a lot of stuff that was sworn by that turned out to be a crap shoot at best for me. I have always been a firm believer in investing what you have and not what you don't. I made a lot of...
  12. Mike Burke

    New DJ Controller

    I don't have that many pictures because usually I am there to DJ not be a photographer. I don't really have video much for the same reason and additional reasons like can't upload it anywhere because of copyrighted music. I have had companies like WeDJ and ProDJ try to build me a site, they...
  13. Mike Burke

    New DJ Controller

    that's been the issue. I don't really know how to introduce myself to a venue without actually working there. Do they even like people bothering them when they see so many of that type anyway?
  14. Mike Burke

    New DJ Controller

    Man I have been trying all day to get logged into this site. It wasn't happening on my mobile phone. Now I'm on the computer. DJ Art, I sunk the whole Angel Flight Entertainment thing back about 2 years ago. I have been operating under my own name now as wll as moved to a whole different...
  15. Mike Burke

    New DJ Controller

    You haven't met the traffic yet. It depends on what I need if I really need something bad I will go to the Guitar Center otherwise I would find an alternative way to get it.
  16. Mike Burke

    New DJ Controller

    They do not. I wish they did, but everything is a 30-40 mile drive
  17. Mike Burke

    New DJ Controller

    I'm still thinking about it. I was going to go get this thing but I got sidetracked. I have to drive 30 miles to buy most anything DJ related. The landlady told me she will no longer sign for anything coming to my house, so if USPS can't ship it, I'm not getting it shipped to the house...
  18. Mike Burke

    Sound Reflection

    I did not have any ability to reach the speakers as they were high overhead. The mixing board, though I'm not sure if I asked one
  19. Mike Burke

    Sound Reflection

    It wasn't a Mixing board per se it was a powered mixer. Everything was Peavey. My stuff is Numark I patched my mixer in to it, I'm thinking it was just way over powered.
  20. Mike Burke

    Sound Reflection

    These were hung in corners, it was the house system, about 20 feet up. I only hooked up my board and my laptop, so in this instance 1/2 the equipment wasn't mine. I didn't have that much control over it. I would have thought with as many weddings as this place does that if they were going to...
  21. Mike Burke

    Sound Reflection

    I DJ'd at a very popular location last night over in my old town . A very beautiful and posh location, the hall was great, awesome size, awesome staff awesome floor... but I did have a little bit of difficulty with sound reflection. The sound kept bouncing back at me and it was a little "off...
  22. Mike Burke

    Are any of the so-called lead services really "worth" anything?

    I don't need to please DJ's. Other DJ's don't pay my bills. I mean I don't care. Sure I would like to be seen as a friend, I'd like to be your friend, not really a competition. I'm hardly a competition to anything. I feel that without actually "being here" it's hard to see the whole picture...
  23. Mike Burke

    Are any of the so-called lead services really "worth" anything?

    I used to be in ADJA and NAME . They are so expensive I couldn't afford them. Not their fault. I was among the founding members of the ADJA DC chapter once upon a lifetime ago back when they stopped hating each other and forging their identities. I like what they do, but didn't have the money...
  24. Mike Burke

    Are any of the so-called lead services really "worth" anything?

    I would like to get to know some guys up in NOVA but arranging it has been difficult. I commute to Falmouth/Hartwood area
  25. Mike Burke

    Are any of the so-called lead services really "worth" anything?

    I'd be seen as a bottom feeder among other DJ's at that point and not compatible with other DJ's . Most DJ's see me that way anyway based on my internet presence. I am different in real life. I have put an offer out to be a roadie. But here is the thing, The issue I have is that with my day...